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UOB prices US$500 million 2.25% fixed rate senior notes
UOB prices US$500 million 2.25% fixed rate senior notes
UOB announced that it intends to issue US$500 million 2.25% fixed rate senior notes due 2017.
Banks’ asset quality is as good as it gets: CIMB
And this is the key negative for Singapore’s banking sector.
Currency Briefing - what you need to know for Thurs March 1, 2012
Singapore dollar showed resilience and avoided a steeper decline.
Singapore Markets Morning Briefing - what you need to know for Thurs March 1, 2012
There was retreat on Wall Street amidst the STI's mini-recovery.
DBS' smashing US$ deposits revealed
US$ deposits grew by S$6.3bn and the US$ funding gap shrunk to S$21bn.
Cosco’s new orders to yield low to mid-single digit gross margins
Excluding the four options, the new contract will lift Cosco’s YTD new orders to US$305m.
UOB's soaring credit costs drag its growth
But the bank's strong net interest income was spurred by an upturn in margins.
Standard Chartered Bank posts record income of US$2b in FY11
Thanks to its consumer and wholesale banking business which accounted for 42% and 58% of the income, consecutively.
Which sectors saw the steepest DC rate drops?
Development charges for sectors 100, 103 and 104 has been reduced 14.3% due to flagging bid prices.
Why Singapore businesses need to put Asia first
Before long Asia will shed its role as a low cost production source and mature into a lucrative market.
Stiffer competition to pester Noble Group
This plus a greater aversion to risk will counter its rebound momentum, says DBS.
City Developments' net profit up 2% to $798.6m in 2011
The group sold a total of 1,818 residential units valued at a whopping $1.76 billion last year.
Yanlord Land’s revenue up 21.7% in FY2011
The company’s revenue surged by almost 400% in 4Q11 alone.
Singaporean REITS rule in cross-border acquistions
S-REITS proved attractive to overseas investors but not to domestic ones which comprise only a third of the total shares as of Q411.
Some Asian corporates seen to default in 2012
Rated Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) non-financial corporates showed no defaults in 2011 compared to 2 in 2010; what’s the score in 2012?
Asian companies most keen to invest in Europe
The ongoing crisis in the eurozone is presenting more opportunities for M&A, but this time it is from East to West, a survey show.
100 economists calling for allowing of capital controls in Asia
Move could be a disaster for Singapore which relies on free and open trade.
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